title: [Milk ducts and chaos].
abstract: In the present report, the arrangement of the milk-duct system of one quarter of the bovine udder has been investigated using a corrosion preparation. In general, the observations revealed the following remarkable principles of construction: 1. The milk ducts branched out into parallel plains; 2. The manner of the extension of the milk ducts was similar in the whole system; and 3. Narrow elements alternated with sinus-like parts. The same patterns occurred permanently in all levels of magnification. Thus, it was realized that the principle of the self-similarity, which puts the chaos of various forms in an order at a higher level.
authors.affiliation: Veterinär-Anatomisches Institut, Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät der Universität Leipzig, Deutschland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ludewig
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D016319:Corrosion Casting / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics
vernacular_title: Milchgänge und Chaos.